Ruth Crawford

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Ruth Crawford Seeger (July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was an American modernist composer active primarily during the 1920s and 1930s and an American folk music specialist from the late 1930s until her death. She was a prominent member of a group of American composers known as the "ultramoderns," and her music influenced later composers including Elliott Carter (Shreffler 1994). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Music of Ruth Crawford

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Crawford -9 Preludes (Cahill)

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American Ultramodernists

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American Ultramodernists 1920-1950

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Suite for Wind Quintet, Three Carl Sandburg Songs, Study in Mixed Accents & Nine Preludes, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Diaphonic Suite No. 1

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Listen To This [Disc 5]

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Arditti

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Mdg 3613 1265-2

Miwako Abe: Works For Violin by Antheil, Beyer, Cowell, Dodge, Crawford, Mahler, Polansky, and Wolpe

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Oxford History of Western Music, Volume III

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The World Of Ruth Crawford Seeger

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Bernstein, Barber, Crawford & Ives: Americans

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